A review by teawiththefates
Blindness by José Saramago

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

1.0

This is the absolute bleakest view of humanity and I hated it. As well, I found the stylistic choices made it impossible to read - every page was a wall of text with almost no differentiation to signal who was speaking. The audio version made it more accessible but because of the incredibly dark content, I would never have finished this book if it wasn’t what my book club was reading that month. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic